Source: Brad Vest / Getty Christopher Wells, the executive director of the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), is barking back against accusations of discrimination following the NAACP’s federal complaint in response to the slow distribution of recovery funds for Jackson’s water crisis. This week, a letter dating back to mid-December of 2022 surfaced…
Jerrod Carmichael had all cylinders firing as he hosted the 2023 Golden Globes on Tuesday, Jan. 10. The 35-year-old held nothing back as he used his time on stage to joke about the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s diversity problem, Scientology, Whitney Houston, and how his blackness likely helped him land the gig. Carmichael’s approach to…
Source: Found Image Holdings Inc / Getty You can tell a lot about people by the way they treat the most vulnerable among us. Meet Collier Gwin, of San Francisco. Gwin recently found himself at the center of a controversy regarding how the unhoused are treated after a video went viral that showed him turning…
Two paramedics are facing murder charges after a man died in their care in Springfield, Illinois. Peggy Finley, 44, and Peter Cadigan, 50, are accused of improperly restraining Earl Moore Jr. in preparation for an ambulance ride leading to his death on Dec. 18. “They didn’t show any compassion whatsoever,” said Teresa Haley, local NAACP…
Decatur High School teacher, John Chestnut, was recorded on a cellphone video saying the N-word multiple times during class. Students reacted by staging a walkout demanding school officials make policy changes. A town hall meeting saw dozens of students, parents, teachers and community leaders openly address their concerns.
Eddie Murphy is the latest celebrity to cleverly deliver a Will Smith punchline referencing Smith’s controversial act of slapping comedian Chris Rock during the 94th Academy Awards. Smith slapped the fellow comedic actor for making a joke about Smith’s wife, actress Jada Pinkett Smith. Rock’s joke not only prompted a slap, but it also prompted…
Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., is seen outside a House Republican Conference meeting in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, January 10, 2023. | Source: Tom Williams / Getty After roughly two weeks of GOP silence, it appears that some Republicans are finally denouncing George Santos, the Republican who lied his way to becoming a New York…
Former Xscape singer LaTocha Scott has decided to see where a solo career with Capitol Christian Music Group’s record label Motown Gospel will take her. LaTocha Scott. (Photo: @iamlatocha/Instagram) On Jan. 10, 2023, a press release statement was made confirming this new journey for the 49-year-old songstress. In the released statement Scott stated, “It has…
Twitter went into a frenzy after the former chief financial officer of Donald Trump’s organization was sentenced to five months Tuesday for tax evasion fraud. The sentence came after Allen Weisselberg pleaded guilty to 15 felony counts of tax fraud in August 2021 in relation to Trump’s businesses. Prosecutors called it a “systematic” scheme to…
Racial stress can seriously threaten a person’s well-being. John M Lund Photography Inc via Getty Images When William A. Smith, a scholar of education and culture, introduced the term “racial battle fatigue” in 2003, he used it to describe the cumulative effects of racial hostility that Black people – specifically faculty and graduate students…
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